-- Travel Monday and Tuesday-- Statewide 45 mph speed restriction on interstate and US routes lifted Tuesday-- No Amtrak Northeast Corridor service-- MARC, Light Rail, Commuter Bus service back for Wednesday.-- Local Bus, Metro Subway and Mobility/Paratransit resumed service Tuesday. About 90 percent of the bus fleet hit the streets within a few hours of resuming service.-- BWI Thurgood Marshall International Airport: Most flights canceled Tuesday. Call your airline to check before heading to airport. Flights to resume gradually over the coming days.

GENERATOR SAFETY:-- Read the owner's manual and know how the generator operates. Do not exceed power ratings.-- Never operate the generator indoors. The exhaust contains carbon monoxide, which is toxic.-- Keep the generator outside and away from open windows.-- Install battery-powered carbon monoxide detectors.-- Immediately evacuate to fresh air if you feel dizzy, lightheaded, or sick.-- Allow the generator to cool before refueling. Gasoline vapors are inflammable.-- Be mindful of the electrical hazard posed by generators, especially in wet, rainy conditions.-- Never try to "backfeed" from a portable generator to a wall outlet, which is hazardous to utility workers and neighbors.

-- Parking:-- Following parking restrictions will not be enforced throughout the city on Tuesday, Oct. 30:-- Peak Hour Parking Restrictions-- Street Cleaning Parking Restrictions-- Parking Meters

-- Other parking violations which impact traffic safety will be strictly enforced. These include, but are not limited to, parking in a no stopping zone, parking by fire hydrants, parking in crosswalks or at bus stops, double parking, etc.

-- Residents should not park along the following roadways between 5:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tuesday: -- Wolfe Street from Aliceanna to Fell Streets-- Lancaster Street from Ann to Wolfe Streets-- Thames Street from Ann to Wolfe Streets-- Aliceanna Street from Wolfe to Chester Street

-- Fells Point residents may park their vehicles for free until 12 a.m. on Oct 31 on a first-come, first-served basis at the following garages:-- Caroline Street Garage located at 805 South Caroline Street-- Fleet and Eden Street Garage located at 501Eden Street-- Little Italy Garage located at 400 South Central Avenue.

PORT OF BALTIMORECoast Guard has relaxed restrictions on vessel access to the port. Cargo operations will commence tonight. Truck gates to the port will reopen Wednesday at normal hours, and port operations will resume normal operations Wednesday.

HIPPODROME THEATERTonight’s performance of Wicked canceled. Ticketholders can exchange their seats for Wednesday or Thursday night, or get a refund.

Parents of Chesapeake Science Point students should check with the school on Wednesday for its status.

-- County government OPEN Wednesday, liberal leave. Essential employees report on time.-- Trash collection canceled on Monday and Tuesday.-- Curbside trash collection originally scheduled for Monday and Tuesday of this week will be completed Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. Collections scheduled for Thursday and Friday will take place on Friday and Saturday. The county landfill and convenience centers will be open normal hours.-- Shelter: Annapolis High School (2700 Riva Road, Annapolis) closed at noon Tuesday

ANNAPOLIS-- Annapolis Call Center: 410-260-2211 non-emergencies-- All city government offices to open on time Wednesday.-- All city garages (Hillman, Gotts, Knighton and Park Place) free for city residents during the storm. Residents encouraged to move their cars there to keep the roads open and accessible to emergency vehicles. Free parking for residents in city garages will last through the remainder of Tuesday. After midnight, garages will resume charging. -- Annapolis Transit resumes regular schedule on Wednesday-- Pip Moyer Recreation Center closed until further notice

Trash/recycling to resume on a modified schedule-- Refuse and recycling resume collections on a modified schedule on Wednesday:-- Monday’s scheduled collection will be picked up on Wednesday, Oct. 31-- Tuesday’s scheduled collection will be picked up on Thursday, Nov. 1-- Thursday’s scheduled collection will be picked up on Friday, Nov. 2-- Friday’s scheduled collection will be picked up on Saturday, Nov. 3-- For the city to collect storm debris residents are urged to put out yard waste as they are able.-- Starting Wednesday, city will collect yard waste as quickly as resources permit. It means residents may need to leave storm debris out on the curb for more than one day.-- Bulky item pickup that was scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 31 will be picked up on Wednesday, Nov. 7.

by Greg Ng/wbaltv.com10/31/2012 6:06:32 PM

BALTIMORE COUNTY-- Hotline: 410-887-5996-- County government offices closed until 5 a.m. Wednesday-- Shelter open at Eastern Technical High School in Essex (100 Mace Ave.). pet friendly-- State-operated shelter available at UMBC Retriever Center (1000 Hilltop Road, Catonsville), and at the Jewish Community Center (3506 Gwynnbrook Ave., Owings Mills). These shelters don't accept pets.-- Trash pickup: depends on your community's individual hauler-- Residents in need of water can bring containers to all fire stations beginning Thursday. -- Trees and yard waste debris can be dumped in Dumpsters at designated volunteer fire stations in the county.

-- SCHOOLS -- District opening on time EXCEPT these schools that do not have power:

HARFORD COUNTY-- Hotline 410-838-5800 non-emergencies-- SCHOOLS -- ALL schools closed Wednesday -- Government CLOSED Wednesday, except for emergency and critical employees.-- Harford Community College, county public library closed.-- Aberdeen Proving Ground OPEN for normal operations Wednesday, Liberal leave. Personnel may use earned leave at their discretion.-- Emergency shelter at Patterson Mill High School (85 Patterson Mill Road, Bel Air), open as a last resort for residents who have nowhere else to go-- Businesses and residents from Havre de Grace to Joppatowne advised early Tuesday to consider voluntarily evacuating due to rising waters.

by Greg Ng/wbaltv.com10/31/2012 6:07:04 PM

HOWARD COUNTY-- Hotline: 410-313-2900-- OPEN Wednesday: County government, the District and Circuit Courts, the Health Department, parks and community centers, libraries and all Howard Transit services.

-- Trash and recycling will take place following the "slide schedule" as if Tuesday was a holiday. The landfill will be open; tree debris and yard waste will be picked up as part of the regular yard waste collection. Light brush will be collected: it must be bundled with string -- and may not exceed 18 inches in diameter and 4 feet in length.

-- SCHOOLS -- Howard County Public Schools, as a district, is opening on time; Only Bollman Bridge Elementary will remain closed Wednesday because power was not restored by 5 a.m.

OCEAN CITY-- Emergency Management: 410-723-6646-- Mandatory evacuation for everyone on 17th Street and south.-- 62nd Street south to the Inlet was shut down. These roads reopened at noon Tuesday.-- Delmarva Power shut off power from First Street south to the Inlet, and from 11th Street south on the ocean side as a safety precaution.-- U.S. Route 50 bridge going into Ocean City still closed Tuesday morning. -- Route 90 reopened by 6 a.m. Tuesday.

Baltimore City residents can drop off the sandbags they got from the city earlier this week at three different locations on Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The locations are: Broadway Pier at Broadway and Thames Street in Fells Point, Rash Field at the Inner Harbor and the Poly/Western High School parking lot at the corner of Falls Road and Cold Spring Lane.

FROM THE FEDERAL OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT -- FOR WEDNESDAY -- Federal agencies in the Washington, DC, area are OPEN and employees have the OPTION for UNSCHEDULED LEAVE OR UNSCHEDULED TELEWORK.

Non-Emergency Employees must notify their supervisor of their intent to use unscheduled leave or unscheduled telework (if telework-ready). In accordance with their agency’s policies and procedures, subject to any applicable collective bargaining requirements, non-emergency employees have the option to use:

(1) earned annual leave, compensatory time off, credit hours, or sick leave, as appropriate;(2) leave without pay; or(3) their flexible work schedule day off or rearrange their work hours under flexible work schedules.

Telework-Ready Employees who are regularly scheduled to perform telework or who notify their supervisors of their intention to perform unscheduled telework must be prepared to telework for the entire workday, or take unscheduled leave, or a combination of both, for the entire workday in accordance with their agency’s policies and procedures, subject to any applicable collective bargaining requirements.

Emergency Employees are expected to report to their worksites on time unless otherwise directed by their agencies.

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